A foreign city, dear you

"Let's walk." Ye Lian made her choice.

"Okay, I'm happy to accompany you." Teacher Xie responded quickly.

So the two of them walked forward and chatted, exchanging some knowledge, gains and feelings during the home visit, etc.

They also talked about the big black dog.

"Is Teacher Xie also afraid of dogs? I feel like you are also very nervous." Ye Lian asked.

"Am I nervous? There are actually a lot of dogs in my hometown. I'm fine myself, I'm not very afraid of dogs."

Teacher Xie paused and then said: "Do you know why I am nervous? Because you are here. I am visiting a home with a beautiful female colleague. If I fail to fulfill my duty as a flower protector, how can I explain to the school?" "

Teacher Xie burst into laughter after finishing speaking.

"Just be a talker," Ye Lian said with a smile, "It would be weird to believe you."

After the two of them laughed, they seemed to have exhausted all the topics they could talk about, and fell into silence.

It was a moonless night, but the sky was still a little bright.

There is a constant flow of cars on He'ao Avenue, mixed with some motorcycles whizzing by, and occasionally motorcycles crossing the sidewalk.

The cold wind picked up again, rustling the leaves on the roadside, and Ye Lian couldn't help but shudder.

"Yi Zi, is it cold? Put on my coat." Teacher Xie said, taking off his thin coat.

"No, no! You'll be home soon." Ye Lian shook her head repeatedly and moved aside to distance herself from Teacher Xie.

Teacher Xie had no choice but to put his clothes back on, but put them on his arms.

"Thank you." Ye Lian said. Seeing that Teacher Xie's good intentions were rejected by her, Ye Lian felt apologetic.

"You don't have anything to wear, so why should you thank me?" Teacher Xie was a little disappointed.

Ye Lian said nothing.

Ye Lian comes from a rural area and has tradition engraved in her bones.

She can get along with people of the opposite sex, but she can't accept wearing clothes of other people of the opposite sex except Cao Xueqian, and she can't let herself smell of other people of the opposite sex.

"Aren't you going to put your clothes back on?" Ye Lian asked.

"You don't wear it, and neither do I." Teacher Xie was a little frustrated.

Ye Lian smiled and whispered casually: "Like a child."

Teacher Xie heard it. He looked at Ye Lian and said, half jokingly and half seriously: "If I could get some kind of care as a child, I would rather be a child." In the darkness of the night, Teacher Xie didn't need to look away. .

Ye Lian laughed again and said, "Of course it will. In the eyes of your parents, won't you always be a child?"

After taking off his coat, Teacher Xie only wore a white short-sleeved T-shirt.

"Have you washed the shoulders of this dress?" Ye Lian asked.

"It's clean. Why do you ask?" Teacher Xie was a little surprised.

"You were wearing this dress last time when you helped me carry gas. I saw that my shoulders were stained, and I was worried that it wouldn't be able to be washed off."

"is it?"

Teacher Xie himself couldn't remember what he was wearing on the day he carried gas, but Ye Lian unexpectedly remembered it.

He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile.

This smile is not the usual casual smile, but the kind of smile that comes from the heart and is uncontrollable.

"Thank you for helping me carry gas that day." Ye Lian said again.

"Thank you for nothing. I'm happy to help you."

"It's great to have a good colleague like you." Ye Lian sighed.

"Is he just a good colleague?" Teacher Xie looked a little unwilling.

"Still a good friend." Ye Lian added.

Teacher Xie did not answer, and the uncontrollable smile at the corner of his mouth slowly disappeared.

"I really hope this road has no end." Teacher Xie said quietly. He looked ahead, as if talking to Ye Lian, or to himself.

Ye Lian didn't answer. She seemed to hear it, but she seemed not to hear it.

The one or two kilometers of road cannot be endless, and before you know it, you will reach the He'ao vegetable market.

Ye Lian said goodbye to Teacher Xie because she had to go up that long slope to go home, and the teacher’s dormitory where Teacher Xie lived did not need to go uphill.

"I'll take you downstairs to your house." Teacher Xie said.

"No, it's just a little far away." Ye Lian declined.

"It's so late at night, I still have to give it away, otherwise I won't worry." After Teacher Xie finished speaking, he no longer allowed Ye Lian to refuse and continued walking forward. Ye Lian had no choice but to follow.

After a while, we arrived downstairs where Ye Lian rented a house.

Ye Lian looked at her watch. The time was a little after nine o'clock.

"Here we are, thank you." Ye Lian stopped.

"Okay, let me see you go upstairs." Teacher Xie also stopped and turned around.

"Do you want to be so meticulous?" Ye Lian smiled and walked forward.

Just took two or three steps.

"Leaves!" Teacher Xie shouted.

Ye Lian turned back and looked at Teacher Xie with questioning eyes.

"Thank you for accompanying me on my home visit." Teacher Xie said seriously.

Ye Lian thought Teacher Xie had something important to do. When she heard this, she was happy: "I'm not accompanying you, it's obviously you who is accompanying me and helping me, okay?"

"I'm going upstairs, you should go back quickly." After Ye Lian finished speaking, she walked towards the stairs.

"Mom!" Ye Lian suddenly shouted when she reached the stairs.

Teacher Xie was startled at first, but then realized that it was okay and turned around and went back.

Ye Lian suddenly saw Grandma Lanshan. Grandma Lanshan was standing motionless at the entrance of the dim stairs. Ye Lian almost bumped into her.

"Mom, why are you here?" Ye Lian stroked her chest, she was also startled just now.

But when Grandma Lanshan saw Ye Lian asking her a question, she didn't agree and just snorted.

Grandma Lanshan saw that Ye Lian hadn't come back very late, so she wanted to go downstairs to have a look.

As soon as she reached the stairs, she happened to see Ye Lian and Teacher Xie coming back talking and laughing. Then she stood there, watching from a distance, until Ye Lian and Teacher Xie separated and went home.

She couldn't hear exactly what Ye Lian and Teacher Xie were talking about, but she felt that Ye Lian and Teacher Xie seemed to be very happy and reluctant to leave.

"Where is Shanshan?" Ye Lian asked again.

Grandma Lanshan turned a deaf ear.

In the darkness, Ye Lian didn't pay attention to Grandma Lanshan's expression, nor did she care about her snoring. She didn't think much about it, and she didn't say anything. She stepped onto the stairs.

The cell phone in her bag rang. Without looking, Ye Lian knew it was Cao Xueqian.

Because at this time every night, Cao Xueqian calls home.

Ye Lian answered the phone and climbed the stairs while talking.

Ye Lian didn't hear it. Grandma Lanshan behind her looked at Teacher Xie's retreating back and let out another dissatisfied snort.